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• A February 19 California snow storm left
hundreds stranded on mountain highways and forced numerous road closures,
including the shutdown of a 60-mile stretch of a highway near Los Angeles. – Associated
Press

12.
February 20, Associated Press –
(California) Winter storm soaks CA cities, snow strands drivers. A snow
storm in California left hundreds stranded on mountain highways February 19,
including some 50-70 vehicles on or near Highway 49 close to the Sierra Nevada
foothills, and forced numerous road closures, including the shutdown of a
60-mile stretch of Highway 58 between Bakersfield and Los Angeles. Source: http://www.vcstar.com/news/2013/feb/20/winter-storm-soaks-ca-cities-snow-strands/

• A Kansas City restaurant was destroyed
February 19 by a gas explosion and fire leaving one dead and several others
with minor-major injuries. – Reuters

14. February
20, Reuters – (Missouri) Woman’s body found in rubble of Kansas City
restaurant. JJ’s restaurant in Kansas City was destroyed February 19 by a
natural gas blast that killed one, injured 3 critically, and left several
others with minor injuries. Officials are still searching through the rubble
for victims as initial indicators of the blast are attributed to a contractor
accidentally striking a gas line. Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/20/us-usa-blast-kansascity-idUSBRE91J03020130220

• A 10-alarm fire at Choctaw County High
School February 19, which took nearly 6 hours to subdue, destroyed most of the
building. – Mobile Press-Register

21.
February 20, Mobile Press-Register –
(Alabama) Firefighters battling fire at Choctaw County High School
(updated). Ten different fire departments reported to Choctaw County High
School February 19 to assist in putting out a blaze that took nearly 6 hours to
subdue and destroyed most of the building. The school was vacant at the time
and students and staff were asked not to report to classes February 20. Source:
http://blog.al.com/live/2013/02/firefighters_battling_fire_at.html

30. February
20, The Register – (International) BlackBerry squashes W-TIFF-F bug that’s ripe
for malware squirters. A malicious code triggered by TIFF image files on BlackBerry
Enterprise Server (BES) software was patched and a warning was issued to all
users to apply the update in order to prevent hacking and to block possible
attempts to use the vulnerability to log into corporate systems. Source: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/02/20/blackbery_squashes_image_peril/

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U.S. Army Retired Chief Warrant Officer with more than 40 years in information technology and 35 years in information security. Became a Certified Information Systems Security Professional in 1995 and have taught computer security in Asia, Canada and the United States. Wrote a computer security column for 5 years in the 1980s titled "for the Sake Of Security", penname R. E. (Bob) Johnston, which was published in Computer Decisions.
Motto: "When entrusted to process, you are obligated to safeguard"